The snow kept falling, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

In the Ning Kee Restaurant, the two braziers are burning. Liu Weining didn't know how many cups he had drunk, he patted Ning Xiu's shoulder with a flushed face and said, "Friend Ning, this time someone Liu is out of a bad breath." Liu thought that he would waste his life, who would have thought that the dead wood would be spring. ”

"Well, Brother Ru'an drank too much."

Ning Xiu snatched the wine glass from Liu Weining's hand and persuaded helplessly.

I can't see it, this Liu Weining is quite able to drink, although the degree of rice wine is very low, but a dozen glasses of wine will still be intoxicating.

"Wine, friend Jiuning, return the wine glass to me, drink and have fun."

Liu Weining stood up and wanted to snatch the wine glass, but he was drunk, and his brain fainted and fell on the table.

Alas, if you can't drink it, don't be strong, now it's okay, Ning Xiu still has to serve him.

It's not easy for a drunk person to serve.

Just as he was thinking to himself, a carriage stopped outside the restaurant.

Zhang Maoxiu stepped down from the carriage gently, and Shi Shiran walked in.

"Brother Ning Xian, congratulations."

Zhang Maoxiu arched his hand at Ning Xiu and sincerely congratulated: "Brother Fool heard that Brother Ning Xian won the fifth place in the scientific examination, it is really gratifying." ”

Ning Xiu hurriedly said: "I have to thank Brother Mao Xiu, if it weren't for Brother Mao Xiu's best to help Ning Mou check and fill in the gaps and strengthen the level of the article, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to achieve such good results." ”

Ning Xiu is not one of those sour Confucian scholars after all, in his opinion, good is good, and bad is bad. There is no need to pretend to be modest.

The fifth place in the scientific examination was already a very good result for him, a traveler. If you were the original Xiao Xiucai, you might not be able to get such a good score, right?

Don't forget to dig the well, of course Ning Xiu has to thank Zhang Maoxiu who has been helping him.

"Haha, Brother Ning Xian is so polite. You have a great favor to my Zhang family, and it should be a foolish brother to thank you on behalf of my father. ”

Although Zhang Maoxiu said it lightly, Ning Xiu immediately understood that there was news about the 'ledger'.

Sure enough, Zhang Maoxiu paused and said in a deep voice: "It's not a secret, my father has already taken the initiative to ask His Majesty and the Queen Mother for guilt." ”

What the?

Zhang Juzheng took the initiative to ask the emperor and the queen mother for guilt? And this kind of operation?

Ning Xiuzhi was confused, staring at Zhang Maoxiu in disbelief.

Zhang Maoxiu coughed and said: "Yes, this kind of thing can't be contained, and the more you hide it, the easier it is to arouse suspicion." Rather than being poked out, it is better to take the initiative to be honest with His Majesty and the Queen Mother. ”

Ning Xiu still couldn't understand that the 'ledger' recorded were Zhang Juzheng's monstrous 'crimes'. For example, the construction of the mansion and the encroachment of etiquette, this is a crime of killing the head and stealing the family, is Zhang Juzheng not afraid at all?

He didn't know that although Zhang Juzheng made a 'voluntary plea', he screened the 'criminal evidence' collected by King Liao and revised the details.

It is this kind of screening and modification that makes the "crime" that originally seemed to be "heinous" less "unforgivable".

"My father pleaded guilty to the Queen Mother and His Majesty, and took the initiative to ask for resignation. His Majesty and the Queen Mother repeatedly retained, and my father agreed to stay in the court. ”

"Is Zhang Ge Lao retreating as advancing?"

Although Ning Xiu has also read a lot of books on power schemes, he is a modern person in his bones after all, and his political sensitivity is still a little low, so he can only think about it carefully.

Zhang Juzheng can only say that he is very confident in himself, and he forced the emperor and the queen mother to speak first.

But he wasn't afraid that Emperor Wanli would pat his head and approve his request for resignation?

Wouldn't that be embarrassing?

"Sort of."

When it comes to his father, Zhang Maoxiu can't say too much, so he only said lightly: "Your Majesty Longen, keep my father to continue to serve as the first assistant of the cabinet, this matter can be regarded as the past." ”

Ning Xiu was secretly bitter in his heart. Mr. Zhang's reaction was far from what he expected.

He thought that Zhang Juzheng would immediately launch a counterattack under the anger of his protégé and instruct his protégé to impeach the King of Liao. Coupled with Jinyiwei to go to Jingzhou to search for criminal evidence, wouldn't it be easy to bring down the King of Liao?

Although the King of Liao has always acted cautiously, he is a vassal king after all, and there will always be places of misconduct, and Jinyiwei will definitely be able to find evidence as long as he wants to find it.

But Zhang Juzheng didn't do this, he seemed to pretend that this incident didn't happen, and didn't take any response to the King of Liao.

What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?

Maybe Zhang Juzheng has his considerations, and maybe Lord Shoufu wants to put a long line to catch a big fish. But Ning Xiu was miserable.

Zhang Juzheng made such a fuss, and the Liao King knew that the 'account book' had fallen into Zhang Juzheng's hands, so he couldn't help Zhang Juzheng, wouldn't he do anything to Ning Xiu?

Thinking of Chu Wanglun and Lu Youan's design to kidnap him as a horse thief, Ning Xiu was terrified.

Seeing that Ning Xiu's face was pale, Zhang Maoxiu asked with concern, "Brother Ning Xian, what's wrong with you, but you're not feeling well?" ”

Ning Xiu shook his head and sighed: "Ning is worried that Zhang Ge will scare the snake but not take the initiative to attack, so the Liao Wang dog will jump over the wall to find me trouble." ”

After all, the King of Liao is a vassal king, and if he wants to kill Ning Xiu, it is as simple as pinching an ant to death.

"Haha, if Brother Ning Xian is worried about this, then there is no need."

"Oh? Zhang Ge Lao already has a plan? ”

Ning Xiu leaned forward and said curiously.

"The imperial court has sent a patrol to Huguang to inspect the imperial history."

"I see, wonderful!"

Zhang Maoxiu lightly touched Ning Xiu and understood.

It turned out that Zhang Ge always wanted to use the imperial history to collect evidence of the Liao King's crimes.

Compared with Jinyiwei, this method is more open-minded, and the evidence of King Liao's guilt is ironclad. After all, Jinyiwei is notorious, and even if the evidence is found, it will be considered 'forged', and it is inevitable to think about political struggle.

Zhang Juzheng values his reputation, and he wants to convince all officials.

The big people in the temple are really more thoughtful than their little shrimps.

Of course, the King of Liao is a vassal king, and the imperial history cannot directly check him. But you can switch to a different line of thought and start with the officials who are friends with the King of Liao.

Isn't Chu Wanglun's account book a detailed book that records the officials who gave gifts to the King of Liao? When Zhang Juzheng saw the "incriminating evidence" written in 'invisible ink', he must have also imprinted the names of the officials who gave gifts to the King of Liao into his mind, right?

This inspector is in Jingzhou, and I am afraid that he will check them one by one according to the list. The matter of gift-giving is a fact, of course, one check is accurate.

The king of Liao received gifts small, and took the initiative to make friends with local officials.

You must know that this is not the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and the vassal king has been cut down to an empty shelf, without any real power. The imperial court taboos the vassal king to keep the vassal king in captivity, and at this time, the vassal king is restless and makes friends with officials, and there is too much room for imagination.

From this point of view, Ning Xiu felt that the Jinyi Guard would probably also secretly cooperate with this patrol imperial history. One light and one dark, the patrol of the imperial history is for the officials of the DPRK and China, and the Jinyi guard is the one who completes the fatal blow.

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